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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Monday for his country’s fractious political parties to act responsibly in the aftermath of elections that ended his ruling majority in parliament, but financial […]
The leaders of seven of the world’s most powerful countries agreed on Monday to toughen sanctions on Russia, if necessary, to press for a political ...
Five European Union member states that have not recognised the 2008 unilateral declaration of Kosovo’s independence are under pressure to change the ...
The first major archaeological excavation of the Sveta Nedelya Square site in central Sofia in 60 years is to begin in mid-June, in a project that wil ...
Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev used the June 8 ceremony of the unveiling of a controversial statue of Tsar Samuil in Sofia to call for the 10th century Bulgarian […]
Czech-owned Energo-Pro became the second electricity distribution firm to file an arbitration claim against Bulgaria with the World Bank’s arbitration institution Icsid, joining Austrian EVN, which opened similar litigation last [&hel ...
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has allowed telecom carrier Vivacom to purchase infrastructure company Nurts, a former subsidiary that was sold in 2011. The regulator said that it […]
Bulgarian firms, facing a skills shortage in areas like IT, engineering and even sport, hired 645 foreigners from 45 countries outside the European Union in 2014, according to National Employment […]
There has been an increase in tip-offs by customers of real estate businesses in recent months about irregularities, Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency said on June 8 2015. Most of these […]
Surrounded by controversy, a four-metre-high statue of 10th century Bulgarian ruler Tsar Samuil was to be unveiled in central Sofia on June 8, amid calls for a postponement and rethink […]
